# URL Control
Elementor Core Basic
Elementor URL control displays a URL input field. The control also has the ability to display more controls, such as the ability to open the link in new window, to add nofollow
attribute and to define additional attributes (a comma-separated list of key-value pairs).

The control is defined in Control_URL
class which extends Control_Base_Multiple
class.
When using this control, the type
should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::URL
constant.
# Arguments
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
type | string | url | The type of the control. |
label | string | The label that appears above of the field. | |
description | string | The description that appears below the field. | |
show_label | bool | true | Whether to display the label. |
label_block | bool | true | Whether to display the label in a separate line. |
separator | string | default | Set the position of the control separator. Available values are default , before , after and none . default will position the separator depending on the control type. before / after will position the separator before/after the control. none will hide the separator. |
placeholder | string | Paste URL or type | The field placeholder that appears when the field has no values. |
autocomplete | bool | true | Whether to allow search functionality. |
options | array |false | [ 'url', 'is_external', 'nofollow', 'custom_attributes' ] | An array of URL options to show. By default it shows all the options. But you can select which URL elements to show. Setting the options to false we disable all the options. |
default | array |
The field default values.
|
# Return Value
[
'url' => 'https://your-link.com',
'is_external' => true,
'nofollow' => true,
'custom_attributes' => '',
]
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(array
) An array containing the link data:
- $url (
string
) The URL. - $is_external (
bool
) Whether to open the url in the same tab or in a new one. - $nofollow (
bool
) Whether to add nofollow attribute. - $custom_attributes (
string
) Custom attributes string that come as a string of comma-delimitedkey|value
pairs.
# Usage
<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {
protected function register_controls() {
$this->start_controls_section(
'content_section',
[
'label' => esc_html__( 'Content', 'textdomain' ),
'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_CONTENT,
]
);
$this->add_control(
'website_link',
[
'label' => esc_html__( 'Link', 'textdomain' ),
'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::URL,
'options' => [ 'url', 'is_external', 'nofollow' ],
'default' => [
'url' => '',
'is_external' => true,
'nofollow' => true,
// 'custom_attributes' => '',
],
'label_block' => true,
]
);
$this->end_controls_section();
}
protected function render() {
$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
if ( ! empty( $settings['website_link']['url'] ) ) {
$this->add_link_attributes( 'website_link', $settings['website_link'] );
}
?>
<a <?php echo $this->get_render_attribute_string( 'website_link' ); ?>>
...
</a>
<?php
}
protected function content_template() {
?>
<a href="{{ settings.website_link.url }}">
...
</a>
<?php
}
}
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